done!

[mellowtigger]

It is done. Yay!

They found one large polyp. I'm not worried, because all previous intestinal polyps tested fine afterward. I've been doing GI exams since my 30s, thanks to a decade of diarrhea back then. That long problem was cured thanks to a last-minute choice from a doctor to give me metronidazole before another GI exam. I still celebrate metronidazole day occasionally: 2024, 2022, 2013, and the original prescription date of 2012.

I'm back home thanks to a former landlord (I don't think he's on Dreamwidth?) picking me up at the hospital entrance to drive me home. I've already started eating my usual first post-exam meal of Greek yogurt with dry oats. If that sits well for the next hour or two, then I'll expand to the usual range of stuff. :)

I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, having taken the magnesium citrate at 12:30am for the 6:30am arrival time. Food first, I think, then sleep.

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[mellowtigger]

I didn't see anything that said they would test the polyp, which I thought happened in previous encounters with gastroenterologists. Anyway...

Click to read the gross medical findings...

Findings:
     Hemorrhoids were found on perianal exam.
     Scattered small-mouthed diverticula were found in the entire colon.
     A 10 mm polyp was found in the transverse colon. The polyp was sessile. 
     The polyp was removed with a cold snare. Resection and retrieval were 
     complete.
     The exam was otherwise without abnormality on direct and retroflexion 
     views.

I'm tolerating food quite well, so I'm back to my usual eating habits, although in smaller quantities, which is good.

[mellowtigger]

The polyp was examined, and it's fine.

Click to read the medical findings...

Final Diagnosis
A. TRANSVERSE COLON:
- Sessile serrated adenoma
- No cytologic dysplasia identified

Gross Description
A(1). Large Intestine, Colon, Transverse, Transverse colon:
The specimen is received in formalin with proper patient identification, labeled "large intestine, transverse colon polyp". The specimen consists of 3 gray-tan to pink, sessile fragments of mucosal tissue, ranging from 0.6-1.3 cm in greatest dimension.
The surgical margins of the 2 largest fragments are differentially inked and each bisected. The specimen is entirely submitted as A1